The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Milton Keynes region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 29 38 47
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +9
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 25 23 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 4.762% 3.217% 1.340%
As % of the System Software category 33.78% 31.94% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 4
Average daily rate £400 £315 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.98% +46.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £217 £290 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £218
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
74 72 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 14.10% 10.07% 8.710%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 18 16
Average daily rate £375 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £175 £109
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £223
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 19
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -15.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.88 £11.60 £10.23
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
Buckinghamshire

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Milton Keynes VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Milton Keynes VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing VMware Infrastructure also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VMware Infrastructure.

1 48 (100.00%) VMware
2 39 (81.25%) Windows
3 32 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 28 (58.33%) Citrix
5 25 (52.08%) Microsoft
5 25 (52.08%) Security Cleared
6 24 (50.00%) Hyper-V
6 24 (50.00%) MS Exchange
7 19 (39.58%) ITIL
7 19 (39.58%) Windows Server 2003
8 18 (37.50%) SAN
8 18 (37.50%) Active Directory
9 17 (35.42%) HP
9 17 (35.42%) Firewall
10 16 (33.33%) SC Cleared
10 16 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
11 15 (31.25%) SQL
11 15 (31.25%) SQL Server
12 14 (29.17%) LAN
12 14 (29.17%) WAN
12 14 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (27.08%) MS Excel
13 13 (27.08%) MCSE
13 13 (27.08%) DV Cleared
14 12 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
15 10 (20.83%) VMware ESX
15 10 (20.83%) Clustering
15 10 (20.83%) UNIX
16 9 (18.75%) MCP
16 9 (18.75%) Linux

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing VMware Infrastructure also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VMware Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.250%) JMS
1 3 (6.250%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 24 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 16 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 12 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (14.58%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (12.50%) Lync
6 5 (10.42%) IIS
7 4 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (8.333%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (8.333%) SharePoint
8 1 (2.083%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 13 (27.08%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.250%) MS Office
3 1 (2.083%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (37.50%) SAN
2 17 (35.42%) Firewall
3 14 (29.17%) LAN
3 14 (29.17%) WAN
4 9 (18.75%) TCP/IP
5 7 (14.58%) NAS
6 6 (12.50%) DNS
6 6 (12.50%) DHCP
6 6 (12.50%) VoIP
6 6 (12.50%) Network Security
7 5 (10.42%) WLAN
7 5 (10.42%) VPN
7 5 (10.42%) Wireless
8 4 (8.333%) Internet
8 4 (8.333%) SMTP
8 4 (8.333%) IPsec
9 3 (6.250%) iSCSI
10 2 (4.167%) Broadband
11 1 (2.083%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (2.083%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (31.25%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (10.42%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (4.167%) OLTP
5 2 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (14.58%) Finance
2 2 (4.167%) Spanish Language
3 1 (2.083%) Retail
3 1 (2.083%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (33.33%) Analyst
2 11 (22.92%) Support Analyst
3 7 (14.58%) 3rd Line Support
3 7 (14.58%) Architect
4 5 (10.42%) Consultant
4 5 (10.42%) Systems Administrator
4 5 (10.42%) Administrator
5 4 (8.333%) Security Analyst
5 4 (8.333%) Integration Engineer
5 4 (8.333%) Network Engineer
5 4 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (6.250%) Windows Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.250%) Windows Administrator
6 3 (6.250%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.167%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 2 (4.167%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.167%) Help Desk Support
7 2 (4.167%) Help Desk Support Analyst
7 2 (4.167%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Clustering
2 7 (14.58%) Cryptography
3 4 (8.333%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.333%) Blackberry
3 4 (8.333%) PKI
4 3 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.167%) EPoS
5 2 (4.167%) Thin Client
5 2 (4.167%) N-Tier
5 2 (4.167%) Fat Client
5 2 (4.167%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.083%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.083%) CESG
6 1 (2.083%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 39 (81.25%) Windows
2 32 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (39.58%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (20.83%) UNIX
5 9 (18.75%) Linux
6 8 (16.67%) Windows 7
7 6 (12.50%) Windows NT
7 6 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
7 6 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (10.42%) Windows Vista
9 4 (8.333%) Windows 2000
9 4 (8.333%) Windows XP
10 2 (4.167%) Windows 8
10 2 (4.167%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) ITIL
2 9 (18.75%) Service Management
3 8 (16.67%) Change Management
4 7 (14.58%) Service Delivery
5 5 (10.42%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (10.42%) Incident Management
5 5 (10.42%) Compatibility Testing
5 5 (10.42%) Information Security
6 4 (8.333%) Validation
6 4 (8.333%) Configuration Management
6 4 (8.333%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (8.333%) Integration Testing
6 4 (8.333%) Test Scripting
7 3 (6.250%) Ethical Hacking
7 3 (6.250%) ITIL V3
7 3 (6.250%) Network Management
7 3 (6.250%) Project Management
7 3 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (6.250%) TOGAF
7 3 (6.250%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.25%) SQL
2 2 (4.167%) VBScript
2 2 (4.167%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.083%) VB
3 1 (2.083%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (52.08%) Security Cleared
2 16 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 14 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (27.08%) MCSE
4 13 (27.08%) DV Cleared
5 9 (18.75%) MCP
5 9 (18.75%) CCNA
5 9 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (8.333%) CCSP
6 4 (8.333%) MCTS
6 4 (8.333%) Degree
7 3 (6.250%) ISEB
8 1 (2.083%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) SLA
2 4 (8.333%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 24 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 18 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 10 (20.83%) VMware ESX
4 8 (16.67%) XenApp
5 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (8.333%) ISA Server
6 4 (8.333%) Terminal Services
7 3 (6.250%) XenDesktop
7 3 (6.250%) vSphere
8 1 (2.083%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (2.083%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (2.083%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (2.083%) Terminal Server
8 1 (2.083%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (16.67%) Backup Exec
1 8 (16.67%) SCOM
2 6 (12.50%) OpenView
2 6 (12.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (8.333%) SCCM
3 4 (8.333%) BladeLogic
4 3 (6.250%) OVSD
5 2 (4.167%) SCVMM
6 1 (2.083%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (2.083%) MOM
6 1 (2.083%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (2.083%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) VMware
2 28 (58.33%) Citrix
3 25 (52.08%) Microsoft
4 17 (35.42%) HP
5 8 (16.67%) Oracle
6 7 (14.58%) Cisco
7 6 (12.50%) Intel
8 5 (10.42%) F5
8 5 (10.42%) Juniper
9 3 (6.250%) Sun
9 3 (6.250%) NetApp
9 3 (6.250%) StorageTek
10 2 (4.167%) Compaq
11 1 (2.083%) Veeam
11 1 (2.083%) EMC
11 1 (2.083%) Symantec
11 1 (2.083%) AppSense